| 1807 - 592 páginas
...extreme difficulty in regard to matter and mind. We should probably begin by trying whether he could " hold a fire in his hand, by thinking on the frosty Caucasus," but the theory has wisely guarded against such, experiments by a limitation of the distance. Yet there... | |
| Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 páginas
...of them would sure have stirr'd remorse. Tressel. Take comfort, sir, and hope a better day. K. Hen. Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or wallow, naked, in December's snow, By bare remembrance of the summer's heat ? Away ! by Heaven, I shall... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 páginas
...of them would sure have stirr'd remorse. Tressel. Take comfort, sir, and hope a better day. K. Hen. Oh ! who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ? Or wallow, naked, in December's snow, By bare remembrance of the summer's heat ? Away ! by Heaven, I shall... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 páginas
...of the wearer ! How many then should cover that stand bare ! How many be commanded, that command ! Oh, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus P Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite. By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December... | |
| 1808 - 844 páginas
...people have traced your unwearied attention to the national debt. Who, says your favourite poet, " Who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus >'' But the millions so often in your mouth have some little connexion with the money you hope for... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 páginas
...For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the...hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December's snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O, no ! the apprehension... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 544 páginas
...For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Boling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the...hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastick summer's heat ? O, no ! the apprehension... | |
| Anna Seward - 1811 - 454 páginas
...left England. To be sure Shakespeare's exclamation questions the power of such sort of comfort : " OI who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ! " but then a Sirocco wind on the banks of the Tagus and actual cautery are two things. Adieu ! LETTER... | |
| James Grey Jackson - 1811 - 388 páginas
...back-ground, seem to cool the parched and weary traveller reposing in the plains ; for although none " Can hold a fire in his hand, " By thinking on the frosty Caucasus ;" SHAKSPEARB. yet, in the sultry season, the traveller, by viewing these mountains, experiences an... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 páginas
...For gnarlingt sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. Baling. O, who can hold a fire in his hand. By thinking on the frosty Cancasus ? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast ? Or wallow naked in... | |
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